Neighbors: The Good, The Bad, and the OH MY GOD WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM HELLO

[Betty]

We had terrible upstairs neighbors in our last apartment. They complained about how loud we were - HELLO! You're upstairs from us. We can hear EVERYTHING you do. Every time you step on the floor. Every time you walk anywhere. Everytime your kids jump around, play, whatever. WE HEAR IT! and yet - I just accepted that as part of living in not just an apartment, but one that was built in the 50's. THe walls were thin. But what can you do.

Apparently one can call the manager over and over until you are deemed trouble and get evicted. Luckily for us, we'd been looking to move for a few weeks and basically told them we weren't sticking around for more abuse. See ya - wouldn't want to be ya. We later found out that the upstairs neigbors moved into our apartment and another neighbor moved in to theirs. We wondered if it had been a set up - but didn't care. After all - we may still be renters - but renting a house is a big step up from common walls.

Aside from all that - I've found that having a fan running creates a nice white noise that blocks out a heck of a lot. Great in summer for the heat - but we run it year round and don't hear a thing - even in the people next door are having a party.